Aia kahi papaʻaina liʻiliʻi ma ke alanui ma Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory, ma ke alanui ʻo York ma mua o nā keʻena o ke kaona. Aia ma luna o laila nā puʻu o nā huaʻai a me nā mea kanu hou. Inā ʻoe e kaʻa wikiwiki loa, a i ʻole e ʻālohilohi paha, poina paha ʻoe.
ʻO ia no ka mea, ʻo ke Kenhte:ke Kanyen'keha:ka Food Sovereignty Project, e like me kāna mau makana ma ke alanui, aia ma kahi āu e kapa ai i ka pae ulu.
ʻO ka papahana, ka hana ʻana o Mohawks o ka Bay of Quinte, ka lālā hui ʻo Andrew Brant a me kāna wahine, ʻo Renee, ke ʻimi nei e hoʻolako i ka ʻāina me nā hua hou a puni ka makahiki, a me ka hoʻōla hou ʻana i ka lepo e hoʻomaikaʻi i ka maikaʻi o ke ola no nā hanauna e hiki mai ana.
"Ma Tyendinaga, aia mākou ma kahi o ka hapalua hola mai nā huahana hou," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo Brant ma ka ʻaoʻao o kāna kīhāpai ulu i ka lā lā i ke kaʻa ʻana o ke kaʻa. ʻAʻole pili ke kumu kūʻai a me ka loaʻa ʻana o ka meaʻai hou i ka ʻāina wale nō, akā ʻo ia ka Brant a me ka hui e manaʻolana e kāpae. “I ka hiki ʻana mai i ko mākou mau kūpuna, ʻaʻole hiki iā lākou ke hele a kiʻi (fresh food off-reserve). Aia kekahi poʻe ma ʻaneʻi ʻaʻole hiki a haʻalele ʻole i ko lākou mau home. No laila he pono no ia," wahi a Brant.
Hāʻawi ka papahana hāʻawi Charity Pot ʻo Lush Cosmetics i ka hoʻoikaika ʻana e pono ai ka lawe ʻana mai ka hua a i ka hua.
"Ua hāʻawi lākou iā mākou i $17,000 no ke kūʻai ʻana i hale ʻōmaʻomaʻo a hoʻomaʻemaʻe i kēlā ʻāina ma lalo nei," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo Brant, me ke kuhikuhi ʻana i ke ala i kahi i hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻia kahi e noho ai kahi hale ʻōmaʻomaʻo e kali ana e kūkulu ʻia.
Akā ma mua o ka hiki ʻana mai, pono ke kālā hou aʻe e hoʻonui i ka papahana i loko o ka hoʻolālā makahiki a Brant i manaʻo ai. ʻO kaʻoiaʻiʻo, pono ka papahana i $ 8,000 hou e kūkulu i kahi kumu e kau ai ka hale ʻōmaʻomaʻo, a me ka loaʻa ʻana o nā mea kūlohelohe e pono ai ka hoʻomaka ʻana i nā māla. ʻO ia ka mea e hiki ai ke hoʻoulu i ka meaʻai hou a puni ka makahiki, e hoʻomaka ana i kēia hoʻoilo.
"A laila hiki iā mākou ke hoʻomau i ka hana ʻana ma mua o ka 65 a 70 paona i kēlā me kēia pule o nā huahana hou," wahi a Brant.
ʻO ka meaʻai i hana ʻia a hiki i kēia manawa - koe wale no ka mea i nalowale i nā lākeke ma mua o ka hoʻopaʻa ʻia ʻana o ka pā uea no ka pale ʻana i nā waiwai hou - hiki ke loaʻa manuahi i ka poʻe e noho ana ma waho a ma waho paha o ka ʻāina. Hoʻonohonoho ʻo Brant i kahi papaʻaina i kēlā me kēia Pōʻakolu (ʻae ʻia ka manawa) e hāʻawi aku i nā meaʻai hou, a hāʻawi pū i ka poʻe nele i kona kaiāulu.
"He mau mea hele mākou i ka hale o nā lunakahiko, loaʻa iā mākou i nā lālā like ʻole o ke kaiāulu a ua hāʻawi pū mākou i ke kikowaena meaʻai kaiāulu," wahi āna. "Hoʻolako pū mākou i ka poʻe i waho o ka ʻāina no ka mea ʻaʻole i loaʻa i nā kānaka āpau kahi wahi ma ka ʻāina."
Ua kamaʻilio pū ʻo Brant i ka ʻaha MBQ e pili ana i ka loaʻa ʻana o ka ʻāina no ka papahana e hoʻomau i ka hoʻonui ʻana i kāna mau hana.
"Ke hana maikaʻi nei ka ʻAha i ka hana pū me mākou," i hōʻike ai ʻo ia, me ka ʻōlelo ʻana e nānā ana ka ʻaha i ka ʻāina e hiki ai i ka papahana ke hoʻohana no ka hoʻonui. "Hiki iā mākou ke kūkulu i kahi hale ʻōmaʻomaʻo ʻē aʻe ma laila, he 100 kapuaʻi paha ka hale ʻōmaʻomaʻo, a laila hiki iā mākou ke kūkulu hou i kahi makahiki hou."
Ma waho aʻe o kāna hāʻawi ʻana i nā meaʻai, manaʻo ka papahana e hoʻolaʻa hou i ka lepo o ke kaiāulu a me kona mau kahawai a puni. Hoʻohui ʻia ka lepo i hoʻohana ʻia i loko o nā kīhāpai me nā mea olaola e like me ka loko iʻa a me ka pā kofe mai Two Row Coffee Company, nāna e hoʻolilo piha i ka papahana ma waho o nā haʻawina a me nā haʻawina.
"Ke nānā aku nei mākou i ke kahawai holoʻokoʻa o Bay of Quinte, loaʻa iā mākou kēia mau loko āpau a me kēia mau muliwai a me nā kahawai e kahe ana i lalo i ke Kai o Quinte," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo Brant, me ka hoʻohui ʻana i ka hoʻololi ʻana o ka ʻoihana a me ka piʻi ʻana o ka heluna kanaka i ka wai, e holo pololei ana ma waena. Teritore o Tyendinaga Mohawk.
"ʻAʻole ia e hoʻopilikia wale iā mākou ma ka teritore, ua pili pū kekahi i ka poʻe noho a puni," wahi āna. ʻO ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā mea leʻaleʻa a me nā mea ola, inā hoʻohana ʻia i nā wahi kūpono a me ka nui o ka poʻe, hiki ke hana i ka holo maʻemaʻe a hoʻololi mau i ka wai, wahi a Brant.
“Ke noi nei mākou i kahi haʻawina no ka hoʻololi ʻana i ke aniau i hiki iā mākou ke hana i ka ʻōmaʻomaʻo o ka papahana holoʻokoʻa, hoʻohana i ka turbine, nā mea like. Makemake mākou e mālama i ka wāwae kalapona i ka haʻahaʻa loa, "wahi a Brant.
ʻOiai ʻo Brant ka mana hoʻokele a me ka ʻike ma hope o ka papahana, ua moeʻuhane ʻo ia e hana i ka papahana i hana kaiāulu.
"Ua hoʻolālā ʻia e lilo i mea kaiāulu i hiki i nā mea a pau ke hui pū," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo Brant, me ka hoʻohui ʻana ʻo ka māla a me ka noho mau ʻana he ʻāpana o kona ola.
"Ua ulu au i ka mahiʻai," wahi āna. “Ua aʻo au mai koʻu kupuna kāne, nāna i aʻo mai kona kupuna kāne mai. He ʻāpana wale nō ia o koʻu ʻano.
Inā loaʻa i ka pāhana ka $8,000 e pono ai e hoʻonui ma mua o ka lele ʻana o ka hau, e hoʻomau ʻia ka hāʻawi ʻana i nā mea he nui i loaʻa i kēia manawa: strawberries, paka kahiko, nā tōmato, kāloti, kukama, beets, hui lettuce, turnip, radishes, leeks, aniani ʻōmaʻomaʻo. , lemona, basil a me nā mea hou aku.
A inā ʻaʻole hiki i kēia makahiki, wahi a Brant, e hauʻoli wale ʻo ia i ka manawa āna i waiho ai i ka wā ulu.
"I koʻu komo ʻana i laila, he wahi ʻokoʻa loa ia," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo ia, ʻaʻohe manaʻo maikaʻi aʻe ma mua o ka hāʻawi ʻana i ka meaʻai hou i ka mea e pono ai a ʻaʻohe mea ʻē aʻe e loaʻa ai. “He ʻāpana wale nō ia o ko kākou ʻano he poʻe. ʻAʻole ia no kekahi mea. No ka mea pono e hana ia. He kuleana (na kēlā me kēia) ka mālama ʻana i kekahi i kekahi, e hāpai kekahi i kekahi, e paʻa kekahi i kekahi. Inā ʻaʻole hiki iā mākou ke hana pēlā, he aha mākou?
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ʻO Jan Murphy kahi mea hoʻopuka nūpepa Local Journalism Initiative e hana ana ma waho o ka Belleville Intelligencer. Kākoʻo ʻia ka Local Journalism Initiative e ke Aupuni o Kanada.